Mexico

Mexico: Violence Costs 1 Percent Of GDP
September 3, 2008 1844 GMT
Mexico's Finance Minister Agustin Carstens said Sept. 3 that violence has cost the country 1... [more]
Mexico: Calderon Vows Crime Crackdown After March
August 31, 2008 2041 GMT
Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Aug. 31 pledged to step up a government crackdown on crime,... [more]
Mexico: Thousands Expected To Protest Violence Aug. 30
August 30, 2008 1425 GMT
Thousands of Mexicans are expected to protest in more than 60 cities across the country on Aug.... [more]
Mexico: Police Arrest Sinaloa Cartel Members
August 29, 2008 1952 GMT
Federal police have arrested six members of a cell of the Sinaloa cartel headed by Joaquin 'El... [more]
U.S.: Cartels OK Cross-Border Hits -- Report
August 25, 2008 2309 GMT
Mexican drug cartels have given their hit men permission to cross into the United States and... [more]
Mexico: Investigation Official Killed
August 25, 2008 1752 GMT
Ramon Escamilla, head of the Durango State Investigative Directorate, was shot and killed late... [more]
Mexico: Proposal Would Create National Police Force
August 25, 2008 1354 GMT
Military leaders in Mexico have developed a plan to create a national police force, which would... [more]
Mexico: Foreign Direct Investment Falls 20 percent
August 22, 2008 2211 GMT
Mexican officials partly blamed the U.S. economic downturn for a 20 percent drop in foreign... [more]
Mexico: Signs Anti-crime Pact
August 22, 2008 1430 GMT
Mexican government officials -- including Mexican President Felipe Calderon and the governors of... [more]
Mexico: Calderon Convenes Security Meeting
August 21, 2008 2208 GMT
Mexican President Felipe Calderon was scheduled to hold a meeting Aug. 21 with government... [more]
Mexico: Mexico State Police Official Killed
August 21, 2008 1548 GMT
Rafael Ramirez Jaimes, head of the Deputy Attorney Office of Seizures in the Mexican city of... [more]
Mexico, Venezuela: Cemex To Challenge Venezuelan Nationalization
August 21, 2008 1327 GMT
Mexican cement firm Cemex intends to seek arbitration from the World Bank after the Venezuelan... [more]
Mexico: PRI Challenges Government On Security
August 20, 2008 2322 GMT
Mexican President Felipe Calderon has failed to secure Mexico against cartel control and... [more]
Mexico: 17 Kidnappings Each Day In Mexico - Report
August 20, 2008 2212 GMT
On average, 17 people are kidnapped each day in Mexico, according to the Citizen's Institute of... [more]
Venezuela: Government Seizes Mexican Cement Plant
August 19, 2008 2137 GMT
The Venezuelan government seized control of cement plants owned by Mexico’s Cemex SAB on Aug.... [more]
Mexico: New Anti-Kidnapping Forces Become Active
August 11, 2008 1449 GMT
The Mexican Secretary of Public Security (SSP) will begin using newly created anti-kidnapping law... [more]
Mexico: Homicide Investigator Killed In Ciudad Juarez
August 7, 2008 1142 GMT
Unidentified attackers shot and killed Mexican state police commander Vidal Barraza, a homicide... [more]
Mexico: New Economy Minister Announced
August 6, 2008 1624 GMT
Mexican President Felipe Calderon has announced that he is replacing Minister of the Economy... [more]
Mexico: Organized Crime-Related Deaths Skyrocket
August 1, 2008 1933 GMT
The organized crime-related crime death toll in Mexico has reached 2,633, surpassing the official... [more]
Mexico: Cocaine Supplier Arrested
August 1, 2008 1114 GMT
Mexican police on July 30 arrested Ever Villafane Martinez, allegedly a key supplier of cocaine... [more]
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